There's no strategy in pubs for any game. So complaining about a lack of strategic play in pubs for a specific game is pointless, it's a given.poiumty said:
Tribes: Ascend Review
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Which is really well done, when playing with good players. Other FPS'(s?) in similar circumstances don't do nearly as well at making a role tangentially related to getting an objective done feel rewarding. In pubs, however, there's nothing to compare with other games because they're all uniform in that respect.poiumty said:
No I have close combat and I have the standard melee attacks I think. So its probably part of the skins which is very neat, and I'm glad they did that.Slycne said:
Yeah, that's the assassin's melee attack (I think the mercenary has the exact same attack, too). It's irritating, 'cause it's a lot quieter than the regular melee attack.
...Lumber Barber said:
You sir are a disgrace to the International Fraternity of Lumber Barbers. I'm afraid I must insist that you return your axe and comb to your chapter head immediately.
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Classes and upgrades are cheap (and upgrades can only be purchased with EXP, not money, though you can use money to buy a booster to temporarilty increase EXP gains). Weapons are varying degrees of expensive (something like the soldier's eagle pistol is pretty easy to get, but the technician's thumper will take quite some time). Most of the weapons aren't really "better", though; they simply make the class better at a certain niche (exceptions exist, of course). Most technicians prefer to use the unlockable thumper because they like fighting indoors and the impact explosive works better there than their SMG, but the SMG is still a total beast and makes them awesome for supporting the HoF on the flag stand. Chasing/light defence pathfinders often favour the unlockable bolt launcher or its higher damage, but capping pathfinders who use their own weapons for rocket jumps usually stick to the default spinfusor to increase their survivability.Lumber Barber said:The Crotch said:Senarrius said:Excludos said:
doesn't it take a ridiculous amount of XP points to unlock most items?
I've spent zero dollars and my doombringer doesn't suffer any for it. Made sure to unlock those land mines first thing, though. Doombringer grenades are turrrrrible.
And regardless of both EXP cost and strength of unlockable items, "pay to win" means that there are items locked behind a pay-wall. The only things that applies to in Ascend are skins.
No it does not, only some replacement primary weapons cost a lot, 100k each. Classes and everything else is extremely easy to get.Lumber Barber said:
There's also no point in going for a 100k weapon if you haven't played all the classes to know just which one you're exceptionally good at.
As a result you can have a nearly fully upgraded Technician class, and then decide to unlock the Thumper, which is a projectile explosive weapon, which replaces the sub machine gun.
It's not essential to the class but gives you rhe chance to play it a tad differently.
Heh. The patch they're introducing tomorrow looks pretty not-good, though.
Two offence-oriented updates in a row? Whole bunch of new stuff for one of the best classes in the game? Awwww yeah.
Two offence-oriented updates in a row? Whole bunch of new stuff for one of the best classes in the game? Awwww yeah.
wow, it's like somebody looked at tribes, looked the tf2 surf maps, and decided the world needed a little more awesome in it.
To unlock new items it takes a lot yes. T upgrade anything, it takes barely any xp at all. And 99% of the items you can buy are just there for customization, they are actually balanced very well. The only unbalanced pay to win gun right now is the Plasma gun, but that got released yesterday, so it'll be patched soon.Lumber Barber said:
TO be honest Tribes is possibly one of the better cases of free to play. They provide a decent amount of good content when you start, offer free gold if you like their FB page, and you can get a ton of free XP for inviting friends. Essentially the free gold you get from just liking their page, will unlock you a new class or a new perk entirely for free. Its actually balanced very well.
Don't spend that free gold on a new perk or class; the gold:exp ratios are terrible on those. Spend the free gold on a weapon. Much more efficient.
